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From April 2006 to October 2008, Pasha served as the Director General of Military Operations at the Army headquarters overseeing all military engagements in Waziristan, Swat and other tribal areas.
In October 2007, Pasha was selected as Military Adviser to Secretary-General of United Nations.
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Davis was contractor with the CentralÃâà... He was due to reach the age of superannuation on 18 March 2010, but has received two extensions. Additionally, Pasha’s appointment was part of a wider Chief of Army Staff reappointment shake-up that solidified General Kayani’s loyalty among the military as all prior appointees were done by former President and Chief of the Army Pervez Musharraf.
2008 Mumbai attacks
In the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks,Indian media reported that Pasha has prepared to go to India to share intelligence after a request from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, constituting the first time the head of the ISI traveling to help the investigation of a terrorist attack, but later on it turned out to be a wrong report.
In September 2009, he made another public outreach toward India, attending an Iftar hosted by Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Sabharwal.
Retirement
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From April 2006 to October 2008, Pasha served as the Director General of Military Operations at the Army headquarters overseeing all military engagements in Waziristan, Swat and other tribal areas.
In October 2007, Pasha was selected as Military Adviser to Secretary-General of United Nations however due to his commitments as DGMO he never joined the UN.
ISI appointment
The newly elected civilian government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani tried for two months to gain control of the appointment for the director of the ISI as well as place the agency under the administrative, financial, and operational control of the Interior Ministry.
Pasha’s prior post was responsible for planning operations against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan, signaling a reorientation from the ISI’s traditional Kashmir/India focus. From there in April 2005, he was sent as Commandant Command and Staff College in Quetta. Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, knew of Bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad," the New York Times reported in an article by senior journalist Carlotta Gall.
From 2001 to 2002, General Pasha served as a Contingent and Sector Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.
Pasha was promoted to Major General in January 2003, and posted as GOC 8th Infantry Division in Sialkot. Additionally, Pasha’s appointment was part of a wider Chief of Army Staff reappointment shake-up that solidified General Kayani’s loyalty among the military as all prior appointees were done by former President and Chief of the Army Pervez Musharraf.
Pasha retired as Director General ISI on 18 March 2012 and was succeeded by Zaheerul Islam.
Achievements
In 2011, Ahmad Shuja Pasha was named as one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.
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However, the attempt failed when Chief of Army Staff, General Kayani appointed Pasha on September 29, 2008.Career
Pasha was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the famed Frontier Force Regiment in the 49th PMA Long Course in 1974.
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Evidently, the financial muscle of the Saudi-led Arab bloc, the recent appointment of General Raheel Sharif as the head of Saudi-led IMAFAT (Islamic Military Alliance To Fight Terrorism) or even the services of the previous Pakistani spymaster, Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who after heading the ISI, wasÃâà...
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The Indian Express
February 23, 2016
Referring to the Mumbai terrorist attack, Hayden, who was the CIA chief till 2009, said it was very clear that there seemed to be so many Pakistani fingerprints on the atrocity. Pasha was appointed director of the ISI at Washington’s behest; Pasha is closely allied to General Kayani, the CIA, and holds anti-Taliban views.
Former DG ISI Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha takes new job with ...
Daily Pakistan
December 18, 2017
ISLAMABAD – The former Director General of Pakistan's top spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, Ahmed Shuja Pasha has made an entry into Pakistani system, years after serving the country at a high-profile position.
However, due to his commitments as DGMO he never joined the UN.
The newly elected civilian government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani tried for two months to gain control of the appointment for the director of the ISI as well as place the agency under the administrative, financial, and operational control of the Interior Ministry.
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Daily Times
January 20, 2018
Nevertheless, his incendiary speeches made him the blue-eyed boy of the behind-the-scene actors, the real instigators of the London plan, be they General Ahmed Shuja Pasha or General Zaheer-ul Islam. From 2001 to 2002, General Pasha served as a Contingent and Sector Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.
Pasha was promoted to Major General in January 2003, and posted as GOC 8th Infantry Division in Sialkot.
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Newly released Raymond Davis video game features Ahmed Shuja ...
Pakistan Today
July 6, 2017
The recently released video game by former CIA contractor Raymond Davis features former Pakistani spymaster Ahmed Shuja Pasha as a playable character.
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Review: A Dive Into Pakistan's Deep State & America's Longest War
The Quint
March 17, 2018
From the tenure of Pervez Musharraf, first as the Pakistan Army Chief of Staff and then as the country's military dictator, to General Ashfaq Qayani and General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Coll's narrative accounts, complete with full quotations of several of the actors American, Pakistani and Afghan, over aÃâà...